Nuggets at Phoenix Suns postgame 3-pointers

After each Nuggets game, Benjamin Hochman will breakdown three hot topics of the night

* The Nuggets allowed Phoenix, which trailed 81-73 with 10:16 left, to go on a 14-1 run. The lack of defensive continuity was tough to watch. Mismatches led to and-ones. Slow-footed defense led to open jumpers. If this were baseball, the Nuggets would have had a blown save.

* Denver must learn from tonight – there will be times that Melo is defended well in the fourth quarter. The Nuggets must find confidence and cohesion when he’s not clicking.

* Chauncey Billups was just 4-for-14 from the field. He entered the night shooting just 37.7 percent in his previous five games.

Chris Dempsey arrived at The Denver Post in Dec. 2003 after seven years at the Boulder Daily Camera, where he primarily covered the University of Colorado football and men's basketball teams. A University of Colorado-Boulder alumnus, Dempsey covers the Nuggets and also chips in on college sports.